Giving circles : philanthropy, voluntary association, and democracy / / Angela M. Eikenberry

• Autore: Eikenberry Angela M
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (190 p.)
• Disciplina: 361.70973
• Soggetto topico: Charities - United States; Public-private sector cooperation - United States; Voluntarism - United States; Humanitarianism - United States
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : giving circles and democratic governance -- Democracy, voluntary association, and philanthropy -- The modernization and marketization of voluntarism -- The democratization and new shape of voluntarism -- The giving circle landscape -- The democratic effects of giving circles -- Voluntarism and governing beyond the state.
• Sommario/riassunto: In the contemporary United States, third parties are being relied upon to deliver social services that were once chiefly the responsibility of government. Among the new philanthropic associations that have arisen in this environment are voluntary groups known as giving circles. Their purpose is to bring people together to pool resources and then collectively decide how to distribute them. Giving circles have been seen as the most democratic of philanthropic mechanisms, working to meet social needs and solve community problems, while enhancing the civic education and participation of their members. Angela M. Eikenberry examines this new phenomenon and considers what role voluntary associations and philanthropy can or should play in a democratic society.
• Titolo autorizzato: Giving circles
• ISBN: 1-282-29340-0; 9786612293405; 0-253-00334-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810001003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Philanthropic and nonprofit studies.